Category: South Africa
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Affirmative Action (Continued)
Thanks once again to ggw, one of my comments became a post. As I was going to point out in my response to his comment, long essays are necessary because the topic is so nebulous and wide-ranging. In South Africa issues of race are NOT going to disappear in the…
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Skills (and Affirmative Action)
Sorry about the break – my girlfriend, Kellie, was visiting for the weekend and I am also preparing for my maths comprehensive exams this week, so I haven’t had time to get back to the blog. This post was supposed to happen a few days ago, so accept my apologies.…
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Exodus
I’m starting to notice the extent of the brain drain South Africa is experiencing at the moment. When I was at home, I barely managed to make contact with any of my friends from high school. A large number of them were working overseas during our long summer holiday, and…
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Thoughts on South Africa (Interlude)
I don’t have many thoughts to share at this exact moment in time, but I feel I should wish Ben all the best for his upcoming stint in South Africa. He’s going to be working at hospitals in KZN (near Durban, I would think) to improve the government’s roll out…
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Thoughts of Home (The Prelude)
There are a number of thoughts about South Africa that I’ve had over the last few weeks. Being at home and having a decent amount of time on my hands gave me the opportunity to re-encounter and sharpen a number of thoughts that I’ve been mulling for some time now.…
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Apologies
Sorry about the lengthy gap in posts. I mentioned my final exams in mid-December, but they overtook (and overpowered) me in the week and a half before I flew home just before Christmas. As a result, I didn’t leave a written warning about my impending trip to South Africa, where…
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That marriage thing
So it’s now official. South Africa has officially legalised gay marriage, which resulted in the first gay marriage happening earlier today. I was motivated to start writing my blog before things came to a head: at that stage, the South African Parliament hadn’t approved the Civil Unions Bill. But now…
Slow Thoughts from Dale du Preez 